Chuck Rangel is upset about this and believes "all of America must bear the brunt of this war":

The disproportionately high representation of the poor and minorities in the enlisted ranks is well documented. Minorities comprise 35 percent of the military and Blacks 20 percent, well above their proportion of the general population.

Oh wait - I misread that - Chuck Rangel is upset about how many minorities are dying in Afghanistan - not the number of whites. Per his numbers non-whites make up 35% of the military - so I guess 80% of the casualties being white isn't enough for him.

Maybe we can write letters to Obama to help get that number up to 95% or, dare we dream, 100%?

Re: Congressman is upset at the number of whites dying in Afghanistan.

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The disproportionately high representation of the poor and minorities in the enlisted ranks is well documented. Minorities comprise 35 percent of the military and Blacks 20 percent, well above their proportion of the general population. They, along with poor and rural Whites do more than their fair share of service in our ground forces.

This was written in 2003. Has he released anything about blacks being 13 or 15 percent of the population yet only 7.1% of the casualties?